Sivamani (percussionist)
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| birth_name = Anandan Sivamani
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Anandan "Drums" Sivamani (born 1 December 1959) is an Indian percussionist. He plays many instruments including drums, octoban, darbuka, udukai, ghatam and kanjira. He performed drumming during the Indian Premier League in 2008 and 2010. He is affiliated with the Chennai Super Kings team, but gained recognition through his role as A. R. Rahman's lead percussionist. They have been close friends since childhood. In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/shankar-mahadevan-sivamani-and-prabhudeva-named-for-padma-shri-award/articleshow/67698836.cms|title=Shankar Mahadevan, sivamani and Prabhudeva named for Padma Shri award - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-01-26}}
Career
Sivamani is a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven.{{cite news
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}} Sivamani started his musical career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham. He has played for M.S.Viswanathan, K.V. Mahadevan, G. Devarajan, Illayaraja, A. R. Rahman and others. In 1990, he shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavan.{{cite web
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}} He has stated that S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is his godfather.
Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestros including Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Valliyapatti Subramaniam and Pazhanivel, and L. Shankar. During the early stage of his career, he collaborated with T. Rajendar for many of his music compositions. Sivamani also appeared on screen for the song " Dhinam Dhinam Un Mugam" alongside Actor Anand Babu for the movie "Thangaikkor Geetham" directed by T. Rajendar.{{cite web
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}} The tabla player Zakir Hussain invited him{{when|date=December 2012}} to share the stage with himself and Trilok Gurtu at a fusion concert in Mumbai. Sivamani has since collaborated with several musicians including Louis Banks. He has done world tours with A. R. Rahman{{cite news
|title=Percussionist Shivamani launches music forum
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}} and collaborated with him for Bombay Dreams. He has also been a part of a musical group called Shraddha which comprises Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, U. Srinivas and Loy Mendonsa.{{cite web
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Sivamani has a band called "Asia Electrik" with Niladri Kumar, Louiz Banks and Ravi Chari. He also plays at another world music band named "Silk & Shrada."
Sivamani has played drums for many film score composers hailing from Tamil Nadu. He has played drums for many Indian films including Roja, Rang De Basanti,Swades, Taal, Lagaan, Dil Se.., Guru,Kabul Express and Rockstar .{{cite web
|title = Drummer Sivamani to perform in Doha
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Some of the songs that he has contributed to include "Kadhal Rojave," "Pudhu Vellai Malai" Chaiya Chaiya and Nadaan Parinde.
Sivamani has also acted in two Telugu films: Padamati Sandhya Ragam and Sirivennela. He has also acted in the Hindi film Madaari (2016).
Sivamani has performed in Dubai, Moscow, New York, Doha and Toronto. During the Mumbai Festival 2005, Coca-Cola India invited him to perform at the Limca Fresh Face 2005 event, where he created melody from Limca bottles.{{cite web|title=Ace percussionist Sivamani creates melody from Limca bottles, enthralls Mumbaikars |url=http://www.coca-colaindia.com/media/whats_new_detail.asp?id=29 |accessdate=31 December 2006 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He has also worked on Galli Galli Sim Sim, an educational series on Pogo and Cartoon Network. He also composed music for the ZEE5 original film Atkan Chatkan (2020) where he worked alongside A. R. Rahman.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-02|title=Atkan Chatkan trailer: A R Rahman and Sivamani join forces for inspirational film|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/atkan-chatkan-trailer-ar-rahman-and-sivamani-join-forces-for-inspirational-film-6578832/|access-date=2020-09-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}
Personal life
Sivamani was married to Krashani, with whom he has two children; the couple divorced later.{{Cite web |title=Percussionist Sivamani set to marry Ghazal singer Runa Rizvi |url=https://www.news18.com/news/music/percussionist-sivamani-set-to-marry-ghazal-singer-runa-rizvi-724236.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=News 18 |language=en}} On 10 November 2014, he married singer Runa Rizvi in a private ceremony in Mumbai.{{Cite news |title=Sivamani’s wife Runa sings a jazz number in Siliconn City |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/sivamanis-wife-runa-sings-a-jazz-number-in-siliconn-city/amp_articleshow/59053898.cms |access-date=2024-11-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |last=Balachandran |first=Logesh |date=2014-11-04 |title=Sivamani to wed again |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/141103/entertainment-tvmusic/article/sivamani-wed-again |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}
Sivamani's son Kumaran is also a percussionist.{{Cite news |title=Dad is first a guru, then my father: Kumaran Sivamani |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/dad-is-a-guru-kumaran-sivamani/amp_articleshow/52490222.cms |access-date=2024-11-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
Awards and recognitions
In 2009, Sivamani was conferred upon with the title of Kalaimamani by the Government of Tamil Nadu, which is the highest State Honour in the field of arts. In 2015, he was honoured with the ‘Best Instrumental Act’ at the prestigious LIVE Quotients Awards (LQA 2015).
In 2019, Sivamani was conferred upon with the title of Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Sivamani received honorary doctorate from United Technological Research University of America on 20 January 2024 in Hyderabad.{{cite news |last1=Raashtra |date=20 January 2024 |title=ఘనంగా డాక్టరేట్స్ ప్రదానం.. మీడియా పార్టనర్ గా ‘రాష్ట్ర’ |url=https://raashtra.com/nmkoi-honorary-doctorate-awards-2024/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121120541/https://raashtra.com/nmkoi-honorary-doctorate-awards-2024/ |archivedate=21 January 2024 |accessdate=21 January 2024}}
Albums
- Golden Krithis Colours, (1994) a Carnatic Experimental album. BMG Crescendo (collaboration with A. S. Dilip Kumar (A. R. Rahman), Zaakir Husain and Srinivasan and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan)
- Pure Silk (2000)
- Krishna Krishna, a club track released in UK, with Malayalam composer Rahul Raj.
- Drums on Fire (2003). New Earth (collaboration with James Asher)
- Kaash (first ghazal album with Hariharan)
- Mahaleela (first individual album by Sivamani)
- Arima Nambi (2014)
- Kanithan (2016)
- Amali Thumali (unreleased)
Filmography
- Sirivennela; Telugu (cameo) (1986)
- Padamati Sandhya Ragam; Telugu (supporting actor) (1987)
- Arima Nambi; Tamil (music director) (2014)
- Madaari; Hindi (Drums Artist) (2016)
- Kanithan; Tamil (music director) (2016)
- Mersal; Tamil (Drums Artist) (2017)
- Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava; Telugu (Drums Artist) (2018)
- Arjun Suravaram; Telugu (producer for song "Che Guevara", beat reused from Kanithan) (2019)
- Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo; Telugu for the single "Ramuloo Ramulaa"(Drums Artist) (2020)
- Dehati Disco; Hindi (music director) (2022)
- Quotation Gang Part 1; Tamil (music director) (2024)
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.sivamani.in/}}
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/sivamani Sivamani Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (January 24, 2014)
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Category:Indian percussionists
Category:Recipients of the Kalaimamani Award
Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts